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This photograph shows sailing barges moored on the River Yeo at Rolle Quay in around 1900. On the quay you can see the rail link from the Ilfracombe Railway (which ran along the north shore of the...

This photograph was taken at the 12th North Devon Beavers Christmas Party in 1983 in Pilton Church Hall. Back row (left to right): ??. Robert Davis, Jonathan Bryant, James Bosley, ??, Phillip Dymo...

This photograph shows Maud Pearce, born 1889 and one of the six children of Charles Pearce of Pilton House, in about 1910. She was the fourth child of Charles with his wife Elizabeth Annie, the ot...

Blotter-calendar year books appear to have been published by churches around England in the 1920s and 1930s particularly. In the centre of the 12 page document pink blotting paper was bound in. T...

This photograph also shows the Tea Party held to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in July 1981. Second on the right is Dorrie Jeffery (or Jeffries), formerly of...

Rawle, Gammon & Baker, known as RGB, was formed in 1850 when Samuel Rawle, a Barnstaple shipbroker, joined forces with William Gammon, a Barnstaple builder. They set up business as timber impo...

Minnie Bartlett (born 1901) played Oliver (possibly) in the all female cast of 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare put on by the Pilton Girls Friendly Society at Pilton House in around 1920. A...